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Lewis MELBOURNE

Regimental number6147
Place of birthTalbot Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address82 St Andrews Street, Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Melbourne, 82 St Andrews Street, Brighton, Victoria
Enlistment date28 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 6), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
73
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eliza MELBOURNE. Native of Brighton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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